by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)
When through the Piazzetta
Language: English
When through the Piazzetta Night breathes her cool air, Then, dearest Ninetta, I'll come to thee there. Beneath thy mask shrouded, I'll know thee afar, As Love knows, though clouded, his own Evening Star. In garb, then, resembling Some gay gondolier, I'll whisper thee, trembling, Our bark, love, is near: Now, now, while there hover those clouds o'er the moon, 'Twill waft thee safe over yon silent Lagoon."
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- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "When through the Piazzetta" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876) , "When through the Piazetta" ; composed by August Bungert, Constantin Decker, Alexander Fesca, Robert Fischhof, Jan Karol Gall, Richard von Gericke, Adolf Jensen, Felix Mendelssohn, Erik Meyer-Helmund, Henry Hugo Pierson, Robert Schumann, Friedrich Siebmann, Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer, Rudolf, Graf von Sporck, Giorgio Stigelli.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ivar Hallström.
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Wenn durch die Piazetta
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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Wenn durch die Piazetta Die Abendluft weht, Dann weißt du, Ninetta, Wer wartend hier steht. Du weißt, wer trotz Schleier Und Maske dich kennt, Wie Amor die Venus Am Nachtfirmament. Ein Schifferkleid trag' ich Zur selbigen Zeit, Und zitternd dir sag' ich: „Das Boot liegt bereit! O, komm’! jetzt, wo Lune’n Noch Wolken umziehn, Laß durch die Lagunen, Mein Leben, uns fliehn!“
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Ferdinand Freiligrath's sämmtliche Werke, Dritter Band, New-York: Verlag von Friedrich Gerhard, 1858, page 326.
Text Authorship:
- by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), "When through the Piazetta" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "When through the Piazzetta"
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 68